Acoustic atmospheric tomography using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

Anthony Finn; Kevin Rogers; Joshua Meade; Stephen Franklin

doi:10.1117/12.2073249

17 October 2014 Acoustic atmospheric tomography using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

Anthony Finn, Kevin Rogers, Joshua Meade, Stephen Franklin

Proceedings Volume 9242, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIX; and Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XVII; 92420Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2073249
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

This paper presents a method for tomographically reconstructing atmospheric temperature profiles and wind velocity fields based on acoustic travel time measurements between two or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The technique offers mobility and the capacity to monitor hazardous atmospheric environments, otherwise not justifiable on the basis of cost or risk. Simulations, in which the parametric fields of the atmosphere are modelled as a weighted sum of Radial Basis Functions, demonstrate the technique’s potential performance envelope. The approach also allows local meteorological measurements made at the UAVs to supplement any time delay observations. This increases the accuracy of the technique, which has potential for practical applications in boundary layer meteorology, the theory of atmospheric turbulence, and wave propagation through a turbulent atmosphere.

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Anthony Finn, Kevin Rogers, Joshua Meade, and Stephen Franklin "Acoustic atmospheric tomography using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles", Proc. SPIE 9242, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIX; and Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems XVII, 92420Q (17 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2073249

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